US EditionIn South Lebanon Village, Hezbollah Buries Fighters Killed in War with Israel
The burials follow a 10-day ceasefire that allowed bodies to be returned south, with Hezbollah saying some fighters had been temporarily buried elsewhere.
- Hezbollah announced mass funerals on Tuesday for 44 fighters killed during more than six weeks of war with Israel in south Lebanon.
- Following a 10-day ceasefire announced by President Donald Trump on Friday, the burials became possible after six weeks of fighting between Israel and Hezbollah.
- Hezbollah will bury 29 fighters in the town of Kfar Sir and 15 fighters plus one civilian in the village of Qlaileh, some temporarily buried elsewhere until the ceasefire.
- Lebanese authorities report at least 2,387 deaths from Israeli strikes since March 2, while Israel said it killed more than 1,700 Hezbollah fighters during the war.
- Shia Muslim rites allow for temporary burials when circumstances prevent proper funerals, enabling families to return bodies to southern soil now that the ceasefire permits.
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In south Lebanon village, Hezbollah buries fighters killed in war with Israel
Hezbollah held a mass funeral in south Lebanon's Kfar Sir on Tuesday for more than a dozen fighters killed during more than six weeks of war with Israel. The ceremony came after Israel and Lebanon entered into a 10-day ceasefire on Friday announced by US President Donald Trump. Iran-backed Hezbollah has not provided the total number of its fighters killed since Israel last month launched a massive wave of strikes and a ground invasion of Lebanon.
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Photos show funerals in Lebanon for Hezbollah fighters, civilians killed before ceasefire
KFAR SIR, Lebanon (AP) — Funerals in southern Lebanon are burying fighters from the militant Hezbollah group, Lebanese civilians and paramedics killed in Israeli strikes before the latest Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire took effect.
Kfarsir (Lebanon), 22 Apr. (askanews) - The pro-Iranian group Hezbollah celebrated a mass funeral in a village in southern Lebanon for 14...
Hezbollah, a pro-Iranian Lebanese Shiite movement, today organized the first collective funeral execs for 14 fighters killed during the war of more than six weeks with Israel in a southern Lebanese village.
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